Maria J. Wawer
Johns Hopkins University
386 Papers
4.4K Citations
Maria J. Wawer is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 77, co-authored 357 publications. Previous affiliations of Maria J. Wawer include College of Health Sciences, Bahrain & Uganda Virus Research Institute.
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Papers
Trends in HIV-1 prevalence may not reflect trends in incidence in mature epidemics: data from the Rakai population-based cohort, Uganda.
Maria J. Wawer,David Serwadda,Ronald H. Gray,Nelson K. Sewankambo,Chuanjun Li,Fred Nalugoda,Tom Lutalo,Joseph Konde-Lule +7 more
TL;DR: Prevalence was not an adequate surrogate measure of incidence, limiting the utility of serial prevalence measures in assessing the dynamics of the HIV epidemic and in evaluating the impact of current preventive strategies.
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Selection of HIV Variants with Signature Genotypic Characteristics during Heterosexual Transmission
Manish Sagar,Oliver Laeyendecker,Sandra J. Lee,Jordyn Gamiel,Maria J. Wawer,Ronald H. Gray,David Serwadda,Nelson K. Sewankambo,James C. Shepherd,Jonathan Toma,Wei Huang,Thomas C. Quinn +11 more
TL;DR: A minority subset of HIV-1 variants with signature genotypes is favored for transmission in this population of newly infected subjects.
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Dynamics of spread of HIV-I infection in a rural district of Uganda.
Maria J. Wawer,D Serwadda,Stanley D. Musgrave,J K Konde-Lule,M. Musagara,Nelson K. Sewankambo +5 more
TL;DR: Community characteristics, particularly the proportion of the population in agriculture, are associated with HIV prevalence and can be used for targeting interventions and suggest spread of infection from main road trading centres, through intermediate trading villages, to rural agricultural villages.
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Relative risks and population attributable fraction of incident HIV associated with symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases and treatable symptomatic sexually transmitted diseases in Rakai District Uganda.
Ronald H. Gray,Maria J. Wawer,Nelson K. Sewankambo,David Serwadda,Chuanjun Li,Lawrence H. Moulton,Tom Lutalo,Fred Wabwire-Mangen,Mary P. Meehan,Saifuddin Ahmed,Lynn Paxton,Noah Kiwanuka,Fred Nalugoda,Eline L. Korenromp,Thomas C. Quinn +14 more
TL;DR: In this mature, generalized HIV epidemic setting, most HIV seroconversion occurs without recognized STD symptoms or curable STD detected by screening, and syndromic management or other strategies of STD treatment are unlikely to substantially reduce HIV incidence in this population.
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Penile Microbiota and Female Partner Bacterial Vaginosis in Rakai, Uganda
Cindy M. Liu,Cindy M. Liu,Cindy M. Liu,Bruce A. Hungate,Aaron A.R. Tobian,Jacques Ravel,Jessica L. Prodger,David Serwadda,Godfrey Kigozi,Ronald M. Galiwango,Fred Nalugoda,Paul Keim,Paul Keim,Maria J. Wawer,Lance B. Price,Lance B. Price,Ronald H. Gray +16 more
TL;DR: The data support the exchange of BV-associated bacteria through intercourse, which may explain BV recurrence and persistence, and find a link between extramarital sexual relationships and Bv- associated bacteria in men, which parallels earlier findings of the association between sexual activity and BV in women.